"The world's deadliest earthquakes in the past 25 years, at a glance"
It is hard to overstate the sheer destruction coming out of Turkiye. Over 20,000 people dead. Just atrocious stuff. This article from NPR helps put it in perspective.
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The gruesome tragedy in Turkiye surpasses 4,000 dead
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared seven days of national mourning, and Syria has appealed to the United Nations for help following devastating earthquakes that killed more than 4,000 people and toppled buildings across southeast Turkey and northern Syria.
Authorities fear the death toll from Monday's predawn magnitude 7.8 temblor, followed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake and several aftershocks will continue to climb as rescuers looked for survivors among tangles of metal and concrete spread across a region already suffering under Syria's 12-year civil war and a refugee crisis.
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My heart goes out to the Turkish people
This massive of an earthquake in the middle of winter for that country is going to be devastating.
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Turkish election this year will be very important
Among the many general elections of international consequence to watch this year, Nigeria’s, scheduled for February will be by far the largest; Pakistan’s, due by October, will probably be the loudest. But the most important will unquestionably take place on June 18, when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to stretch his rule over Turkey into a third decade.
I have to question of Erdogan will step down or allow a free election. We'll see.
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